From "McCall-Tidwell and Allied Families: "Charles McCall was born in1732 in Pennsylvania (near the Virginia line), removed with his parentsto the New River Settlement in Virginia, and then to South Carolina. (Heobtained a Royal Grant of Land in South Carolina on February 21, 1772.)In 1755 he was married at the Welsh Neck Baptist Church (now SocietyHill, Darlington District, South Carolina) to Celete Ann Williams(sometimes called Nancy), the daughter to Reverand Robert Williams,pastor of the Welsh Neck Baptist Church.

Charles McCall and his wife settled on Lynche's Creek, near the GreatPeedee River in the Cheraw District, South Carolina. He owned many acresof land, many slaves, and was prominent in the political affairs of theCheraw District ... He was a Patriot of South Carolina and gave materialaid to the Continental Army and also served as a Revolutionary Soldier.On his plantation on Lynche's Creek, a skirmish was fought, and the placeis called McCall's Old Field ...

Later he was one of the wealthiest and most influential men of southeastGeorgia. Received land grant of 200 acres in Effingham County, Georgia in1784. Also owned land in Screven and Bulloch County. Owned many acres ofland in Effingham, Bulloch, and Screven counties and also owned manyslaves. He moved his family in 1785 to his plantation in Effingham (nowBulloch) County, and soon became a prominent figure in the political lifeof the State. Among the various public offices he held were Magistrate ofBulloch County and Commissioner, Justice of the Peace, 1792-1795; Judgeof the Inferior Court for many years; State Senator, 1799, 1801, 1802,and Member of the House of Representatives from Bulloch County in theState Legislature, 1798-1803-1805-1806-1808. His name appears often onthe early records of Effingham, Screven and Bulloch counties.

At Louisville, (Jefferson County) Georgia, then capital of the state, thecelebrated Convention of 1798 met for deliberation and framed the stateConstitution under which Georgia lived for over 70 years. Charles McCallwas one of the delegates present as a Representative from Bulloch County."